LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The case for virtual meetings

By Jackie Weaver | 27 April 2021

Jackie Weaver – star of Handforth Parish Council’s viral meeting – argues the case for stepping o...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local government must retain its 'sovereignty'

By Arianna Giovannini | 27 April 2021

Local government has been repeatedly reformed, reshaped and hollowed out, says Arianna Giovannin...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

District's loophole to allow virtual meetings

22 April 2021

A district council has come up with a loophole to allow it to carry on with virtual meetings when...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Problematic predictions

By Paul Wheeler | 20 April 2021

Paul Wheeler looks at how the Super Thursday electoral feast is shaping up. He highlights the key...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Admit when you're wrong

By Dan Corry | 20 April 2021

If we know less and less about successes and failures because we allow denial of the truth and a ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The case for remote meetings to continue

By Quentin Baker | 15 April 2021

The Local Government Act 1972 permits council meetings to take place virtually, argue John Austin...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Now is the time to retain remote meetings

By Cllr Brigid Jones | 15 April 2021

Parliamentary time was found for flags and statues, says Cllr Brigid Jones. For virtual meetings ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A philosophy of complaints

By Nick Graham | 13 April 2021

Nick Graham looks at whether ‘honour cultures’ might teach us more effective methods of resolvin...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

On-demand democracy delivered to your door

By Gill Kneller | 13 April 2021

Gill Kneller has 'always felt that democracy not only needs to be happening but needs to be seen ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Making elections meaningful

By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 April 2021

We need two things from our electoral system says Dr Jonathan Carr-West – enough stability to mai...

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